A digital tool that uses barcodes to routinely track the banana breeding process is helping scientists identify suitable varieties, with the hope of improving cultivation programs. The banana breeding ...

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Using new genetic markers, fruit breeders can now tell whether grapes will be seedless and self-pollinating even years before vines bear fruit. The approach will save time and resources in the pursuit ...

The study will help fast-track breeding programs so they can develop high-yielding, early-maturing quinoa varieties which are not bitter. Dubai, UAE – Quinoa breeders now have the genetic information ...